NMTerras
Suspension Lift
- Location
- New Mexico
Ok so just because the river doesn't have any water in it doesn't mean you should try to cross it...
But let me start at the beginning: it was Saturday afternoon. And I was on my way back to albuquerque from a day of fly fishing in the jemez mountains (trying to fill the hole in my heart where not being at nXm was). About 30 miles west of town, I saw a white gen1 coming the other way. Lifted, on 33s, looked familiar. Sure enough, as we passed each other headed opposite directions, I confirmed it was rokdaddy. Tried to call his cell to see where he was headed, got a no longer in service message. Hmmm.
That night, I get a phone call from a number I didn't recognize. I chose to answer, which more times than not I would not do.
"Hey Sean it's Rok. I realized I haven't given you my new number."
I asked him if he'd seen me driving the other way on the highway earlier that day. He said he had not, hadn't noticed the chef (kinda hurt my feelings but that's beside the point) So pretty much a total coincidence...asked where he was going, he said he was going wheeling and shooting and...he got stuck trying to cross the rio puerco, a normally dry riverbed which right now is a mud pit thanks to all the rain. He had turned off road basically right after we passed each other.
So it's like 9 pm when he called. He texted me his GPS coordinates. About 40 miles of highway and 15-20 offroad away, middle of BFE. we agreed I'd wait for morning to come get him. Sunday am I set out, and this is what I found:
So what happened was rok took a running start to try and get through the puerco, but caught his dif on a dry spot. You can see the dif drag track in the middle...
On either side of that high spot, the mud was knee deep. Nm clichee mud is nothing to mess with...so I gave rok the shovel I brought and let him screw around before I broke out the bubba rope
Smile for xn rok...you know I'm posting this...
Pull out was easy, probably didn't need the shovel work.
Here's rok's campsite up the hill...there are worse ways to spend the night
That's cabezon peak in the background, for context/location.
Time to head out
Rok said he had so much mud all up under his business he couldn't drive faster than 50-55 on the highway.
Good thing he had cell service...but he still needs a snorkel...
But let me start at the beginning: it was Saturday afternoon. And I was on my way back to albuquerque from a day of fly fishing in the jemez mountains (trying to fill the hole in my heart where not being at nXm was). About 30 miles west of town, I saw a white gen1 coming the other way. Lifted, on 33s, looked familiar. Sure enough, as we passed each other headed opposite directions, I confirmed it was rokdaddy. Tried to call his cell to see where he was headed, got a no longer in service message. Hmmm.
That night, I get a phone call from a number I didn't recognize. I chose to answer, which more times than not I would not do.
"Hey Sean it's Rok. I realized I haven't given you my new number."
I asked him if he'd seen me driving the other way on the highway earlier that day. He said he had not, hadn't noticed the chef (kinda hurt my feelings but that's beside the point) So pretty much a total coincidence...asked where he was going, he said he was going wheeling and shooting and...he got stuck trying to cross the rio puerco, a normally dry riverbed which right now is a mud pit thanks to all the rain. He had turned off road basically right after we passed each other.
So it's like 9 pm when he called. He texted me his GPS coordinates. About 40 miles of highway and 15-20 offroad away, middle of BFE. we agreed I'd wait for morning to come get him. Sunday am I set out, and this is what I found:
So what happened was rok took a running start to try and get through the puerco, but caught his dif on a dry spot. You can see the dif drag track in the middle...
On either side of that high spot, the mud was knee deep. Nm clichee mud is nothing to mess with...so I gave rok the shovel I brought and let him screw around before I broke out the bubba rope
Smile for xn rok...you know I'm posting this...
Pull out was easy, probably didn't need the shovel work.
Here's rok's campsite up the hill...there are worse ways to spend the night
That's cabezon peak in the background, for context/location.
Time to head out
Rok said he had so much mud all up under his business he couldn't drive faster than 50-55 on the highway.
Good thing he had cell service...but he still needs a snorkel...